Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8, to be filed on January 26, 2017, of our report dated February 24, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements and schedules, which appear in Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2016.

/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC

Chicago, Illinois

January 26, 2017